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Pope Benedict XVI

Persecuted Christians Have New Advocate in St. Alphonsa

According to reports from Indian Bishops present at the synod on the Word of God underway in Rome, at least 80 Christians have been killed. As Christians in India continue to face persecution at the hands of Hindu...

Appeals for Peace in India, Congo and Iraq

VATICAN CITY, 12 OCT 2008 (VIS) - Following this morning's Mass during which he canonised the Blesseds Gaetano Errico, Maria Bernarda Butler, Alfonsa of the Immaculate Conception and Narcisa de Jesus ...

Was Balthasar a Heretic?

Readers will no doubt remember the recent heated exchange in the pages of First Things. Alyssa Lyra Pitstick summarized her analysis of Balthasar’s provocative and dramatic (and by her reading unorthodox) vision of the depths...

Sainthood

On Oct. 12, Pope Benedict XVI canonized four new saints to the Catholic liturgy: 19th-Century Italian priest Gaetano Errico; Mary Bernard (Verena) B_tler, a Swiss nun and missionary in Latin America who died in 1924; Alfonsa of...

Italy's attacks on migrants fuel debate on racism

The metal shutters are closed at Shining Bar, a coffee shop near the central train station here. Abba was the nickname of Abdul William Guibre, who was born in Burkina Faso, raised in Italy and beaten to death here last month...

India's Christians welcome pope's condemnation of violence (AFP)

NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's Catholic clergy said on Monday that they welcomed the pope's condemnation of violence against the country's Christian minority, while Hindu nationalist politicians accused the Vatican of interfering.

Striking Chords [2008-10-13]

Week Two of the Synod of Bishops By Father Thomas Rosica, CSB VATICAN CITY, OCT. 13, 2008 .- This morning, Australian Cardinal George Pell made mention of World Youth Day in Sydney this past July and struck a chord in the minds...

Catholic bishops' conference costs church €2.6m

By John Cooney Monday October 13 2008 THE cost of running the work of the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference last year was €2.6m, according to figures obtained by the Irish Independent. The conference, which is held three times...

Ad about abortion, Catholics may be effective if race is close

In recent elections when a high-profile Roman Catholic Democrat seeks high or higher office the issue of abortion surfaces. As the pro-choice, non-Catholic Barack Obama makes a play for evangelical voters, conservative...

Where armies of man and god vie

There are the furtive surveyors of buried bounty (bauxite, mica, perhaps even aluminium?) reconnoitring overhead, their sights telescoped on where to bore for riches. And trying to tear a breach throu...

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